Everyone who knows me knows I am on a mission not only to feed our family better, but to get other parents to realize that they can make better choices about the nutrition and well being of their children. Nutritional intervention isn't easy, but it works.

Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Contest: Zeer Select Month Membership

I have spent the last two years reading labels to determine if a product contains gluten or not. Although I am sure about the many items I use repeatedly, when I encounter a new product, it takes a lot of effort to comb through the ingredient label to decipher whether it is okay. Often, I have to look up information online to determine whether it is, in fact, gluten free. So it is with great enthusiasm that I recommend Zeer select to anyone who finds themselves wondering whether a particular item is gluten free.

ZEER select is a service that enables consumers to quickly and easily assess the gluten free status of 30,000 items in the supermarket. Not only does it tell you if an item is safe ("labeled as gluten free" or "appears to be gluten free,") It also recommends safe gluten free products for any item that isn't gluten free. ZEER uses an icon system to let you quickly identify which products are gluten free or not. Products are assessed a category and an icon is assigned depending on which category it falls into. The service costs $4.95 a month with 30 days free so you can try it out. Check out the ZEER Blog for more information on gluten free items.

If you would like to win a one month trial membership of Zeer select leave a comment on this post. Feel free to mention the item you would most like to look up on Zeer and I will let you know the Zeer select status of the item. Leave your email or check back on Friday, September 4th to see if you have won and to view the Zeer status of all items mentioned.

MAKE A COMMENT TO WIN a one month free trial membership. 1) To enter, please comment on THIS post (Click on "comments" below.) 2) Post your comment by 11:59 pm on Thursday, September 3th, 2009. One entry per person, please. 3) One winner will be chosen by random and announced on Friday morning, September 4th, 2009.4) NOTE: If you wish to be contacted by e-mail if you win, please include your email address in your comment. Otherwise you must check back on Friday, August 4th to see if you have won. Unclaimed prizes will be forfeited to another winner after 72 hours.

We have a winner...Lisa from Growin' Up Anderson won the free trial of ZEER select, a food information resource that contains a searchable database of the gluten free status of 30,000 products.

About Me

Kirstin Boncher, BFA, MFA with a degree from the French Culinary Institute is a cook, photographer and mother who created the blog www.ourGFfamily.com to share her story, life, research and recipes with other gluten free families. Kirstin lives in Manhattan, NYC with her two gluten free children, her gluten free husband and her black lab, Kathy. Kirstin also writes for www.mylifewithfoodallergies.com/index/author/kirstinb.

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